Global water cycle off balance for ‘first time in human history’: Report

World’s Water Supply Is Disrupted For First Time in Human History

Humanity has disrupted the global water cycle for the first time in history that could lead to disastrous consequences for the future, a new report mentioned. The report by the Global Commission on the Economics of Water highlights how decades of poor land use and water mismanagement have threatened billions of lives across the planet.  Half of World’s Food At Risk The report revealed that more than half the world’s food production will be at …

Global Water Cycle Out of Balance for First Time in Human History, Report Says

Researchers warned that policy makers must urgently “reframe the hydrological cycle as a global common good.”…

Half the world’s food production at risk due to mounting water crisis

More than half of the world’s food production is at risk of failure within the next 25 years as a rapidly worsening water crisis threatens global agricultural systems, according to a new report.

Global water cycle off balance for ‘first time in human history’: Report

The world’s water cycle is out of balance ”for the first time in human history,” according to a new report. The Global Commission on the Economics of Water, which is made up of global experts, attributed the imbalance to “decades of collective mismanagement and undervaluation of water.” “We can no longer count on freshwater availability…

Water crisis threatening world food production

PARIS — Inaction on the water crisis could put more than half of the world's food production at risk by 2050, experts warned in a major report published Thursday. "Nearly 3 billion people and more than half of the world's food production are now in areas where total water storage is projected to decline," said the report by the Global Commission on the Economics of Water (GCEW). The report also warned the water crisis could lead to an eight perc…